items tagged with Extraterrestrial life
NASA spacecraft finds basic ingredient of life in comet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Kepler space telescope shows its planet hunting stuff
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-07 10:18:24
The Kepler Mission to find exosolar planets is just out of the starting gate, and it has already verified that it is up to the challenge of finding exoplanets (those that orbit stars other than the Sun) about the size of Earth. Kepler is the Exoplanet-Hunter!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-07 10:18:24
The Kepler Mission to find exosolar planets is just out of the starting gate, and it has already verified that it is up to the challenge of finding exoplanets (those that orbit stars other than the Sun) about the size of Earth. Kepler is the Exoplanet-Hunter!
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Hypothesis says we have extra 1.3 billion years on Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-14 10:09:38
A Caltech paper has stated that we can live on Earth for another 2.3 billion years, over double the current estimate. Because of this new hypothesis (if proven true) it should also mean that we have over twice the chance of finding intelligent life out there in the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-14 10:09:38
A Caltech paper has stated that we can live on Earth for another 2.3 billion years, over double the current estimate. Because of this new hypothesis (if proven true) it should also mean that we have over twice the chance of finding intelligent life out there in the universe.
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Exoplanet mission launched: Kepler to space
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-07 08:42:09
The Kepler Mission was successfully launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:49 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, March 6, 2009. The NASA mission is to find the first habitable planets the size of Earth orbiting about stars in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-07 08:42:09
The Kepler Mission was successfully launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:49 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, March 6, 2009. The NASA mission is to find the first habitable planets the size of Earth orbiting about stars in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra.
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Kepler Space Telescope looks for Earth-like planets, and life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-05 10:26:02
As astronomers expand their search with the Kepler Space Telescope for Earth-like planets outside of our Solar System, they are also seriously expanding their search for life on these extraterrestrial worlds. Shouldn’t we also come up with more serious names for these life forms that we will most likely find?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-05 10:26:02
As astronomers expand their search with the Kepler Space Telescope for Earth-like planets outside of our Solar System, they are also seriously expanding their search for life on these extraterrestrial worlds. Shouldn’t we also come up with more serious names for these life forms that we will most likely find?
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Successful Phoenix Mars landing restores confidence in NASA
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-25 20:33:53
Plagued by previous Mars failures and exploding space shuttles, the successful landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander today has gone a long way to restoring some much needed faith in the world’s foremost space exploration organisation: NASA.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-25 20:33:53
Plagued by previous Mars failures and exploding space shuttles, the successful landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander today has gone a long way to restoring some much needed faith in the world’s foremost space exploration organisation: NASA.
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Seven minutes of terror as Phoenix Mars spacecraft attempts historic landing
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-25 04:05:45
With less than 15 hours to go before the Phoenix Mars Lander is set to undergo “seven minutes of terror” as it tries to successfully land on Mars’ icy north pole. The world awaits the latest successful “invasion of Mars” – or word of a new crater.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-25 04:05:45
With less than 15 hours to go before the Phoenix Mars Lander is set to undergo “seven minutes of terror” as it tries to successfully land on Mars’ icy north pole. The world awaits the latest successful “invasion of Mars” – or word of a new crater.
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Top ten UFO images on MSNBC
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-05-19 08:54:26
For those of you interested in unidentified flying objects (UFOs), MSNBC describes ten instances of sightings by Earthlings with possible extraterrestrial (ET) objects. These close encounters are described on videos at the MSNBC website. Are they believable, or just hoaxes?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-05-19 08:54:26
For those of you interested in unidentified flying objects (UFOs), MSNBC describes ten instances of sightings by Earthlings with possible extraterrestrial (ET) objects. These close encounters are described on videos at the MSNBC website. Are they believable, or just hoaxes?
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Space aliens in U.S. and U.K. news, Vatican approves
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-14 08:20:57
Several media organizations are reporting in May 2008 about news, past and present, concerning extraterrestrials. Check out what the British government, U.S. astronauts, and the Vatican chief astronomer have to say.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-14 08:20:57
Several media organizations are reporting in May 2008 about news, past and present, concerning extraterrestrials. Check out what the British government, U.S. astronauts, and the Vatican chief astronomer have to say.
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Intelligent ET life probably not likely, according to English study
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-12 11:56:02
New planets around other stars (called extrasolar planets or exoplanets) are being discovered all of the time by astronomers, however, a new mathematical study by an English environmental scientist states that intelligent extraterrestrial (ET) life in the universe is “probably rare.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-12 11:56:02
New planets around other stars (called extrasolar planets or exoplanets) are being discovered all of the time by astronomers, however, a new mathematical study by an English environmental scientist states that intelligent extraterrestrial (ET) life in the universe is “probably rare.”
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